The Last Alpha’s Mate

ELARA"…from the pitch blackness, bright golden eyes emerged, groaning slowly at me, his groans forming words that sounds so much like…Mine…~~~A sound woke me up before the dream could finish.I shot upright, chest heaving with rapid, shallow breaths, my comforter twisted uselessly around my legs. I dragged a trembling hand down my face, trying to calm my heart which was slamming against my ribs like it was trying to break free, but no amount of slow breathing seemed to convince it that I was safe.My room was pitch black, probably due to electricity being cut off again due to the storm, but for a disorienting moment, I couldn’t be certain I had woken up at all, it felt like I was still in my dreams, especially when I heard it again…The same sound that woke me up from sleep.A low growl…It sounded so faint, and distant, so faint that I am actually surprised it woke me from sleep.The sound stopped just as quickly as it had happened.Trying to figure out where it was coming from,

ELARA I felt hands on me, as if I were being carried by some group of people. Groaning from the stabbing throbbing in my head, and the soreness all over my body, I tried to open my eyes, but it felt heavy at first. Slowly, I was moved, followed by the feeling of the cold marble on my thighs. Trying for the second time, I pried one eye open, followed by the other, and the first face I saw was Janet's, staring at me with furrowed brows. "Are you okay?" Palming my forehead, I leaned off the metal walls and slowly looked around, recognizing the metal hallway. "What happened?" "You fainted," Janet replied. "I didn't realize that creature would scare you to the point of fainting." My brows furrowed. "I fainted out of fear?" That makes no sense. I wasn't scared of the creature, at least not up to the point of fainting. "What is the last thing you remember?" Janet asked me as she helped me to my feet. Breathing out slowly, I lifted my hands to check if I sustained any in

ELARAWalking into the lab with my mind scattered and unfocused turned out to be a terrible decision, one I began to regret almost immediately. My thoughts were everywhere except where they were supposed to be, drifting back to things I had no business thinking about, especially not in a place filled with fragile glassware and volatile chemicals.It showed.Within a short span of time, I had already broken two chemical containers without meaning to. That was when it finally sank in, if I didn’t get myself together, if I didn’t hickey on my neck covered with makeup and concentrate, I might end up causing something far worse than a few broken bottles. I could ruin the entire experiment… or worse, set the lab on fire.The CCTV in the resident hallway showed that Janet had only left for a few seconds before I woke up, so there is no way Jade could have done that, not that I suspect him.“Do you have the D4 result rea_”Jade’s voice trailed off the moment his eyes landed on the wastebin. I

ELARAAt this point, I wasn’t even sure if I should be trusting Janet so much anymore.She had told me, more than once, that she pulled strings, called in favors, bent rules to get me this job. At the time, it had sounded like a generous act, something I should be grateful for. And I was… or at least I had been. But now, that explanation feels ridiculous, because the file I had seen, the one with my name clearly circled in bold ink, told a completely different story.I wasn’t here by chance. I wasn’t here because of luck or kindness.I was selected.Chosen as part of some ridiculous, unsettling list labeled compatible personnel for Project Fenrir. Even thinking about it made my stomach tighten. Compatible for what exactly? And why me?“Elara!”The sound of my name snapped me out of my thoughts so abruptly that I almost flinched. I quickly smoothed out the frown that had formed on my face and forced the tension out of my expression. By the time I turned around, I had already arranged m

ELARAAnother feeding time for Biggie, but then I am told a news I did not expect.“This will be your last visit to the containment,” the security said, his face completely blank, giving nothing away.For a moment, I thought I had misheard him. I blinked, confused, trying to process his words. “Jan…” I started, then stopped, clearing my throat. “Ms. Scott didn’t mention anything like that to me.”“Then perhaps you should contact her,” he replied in a flat, emotionless tone. “Because after today, you won’t be granted access to the creature anymore.”My jaw tightened as I fought to keep my emotions under control. I took a slow, deep breath, turning my gaze toward the glass partition, using it as a distraction to calm myself.“Fine,” I muttered quietly, looking back at him. “At least let me go inside the room this time. I don’t want to feed him through the slot today.”The guard lifted his hand to the microphone attached to his ear and spoke into it, likely asking for permission, probabl